The growth of graffiti in New York City was enabled by its subway system, whose accessibility and interconnectedness emboldened the movement, who now often operated through coordinated efforts.

May 29, 2018 · From 1960's Philadelphia to nearly every New York City subway car and throughout the entire underground tunnel system, graffiti artists have left their mark in thousands of places. Learn the history of graffiti and how it has evolved from an …

May 6, 2022 · The deaths of Blanc, 34, and Audebert, 28, highlight the enduring — and growing — allure of tagging New York trains decades after the heyday of graffiti in the transit system.

Sep 3, 2010 · The best examples were on the sides of subway cars which the city promptly attempted to eradicate, their attempts thwarted by clever, creative artists and a downtown culture that was slowly embracing graffiti as New York City’s defining art form.

May 8, 2024 · Deep below a Brooklyn street, the MTA has several tracks called layup tracks, used to store trains not in use, especially on holidays and weekends when service is reduced. But the storage tracks...

Sep 30, 2019 · A new exhibition at the Bronx Museum shows the striking documentary photography of Henry Chalfant, who documented the street art and urban culture in New York City, perhaps most notably...

Sep 26, 2023 · Herein lies the ink-stained testament of NYC native and early ’80s hip hop graffiti-pioneer Mike McLeer, aka KAVES, who—after a career-complicating biff and bust by the transit cops’ Vandal...

What is the significance of the subway in New York graffiti history? - Subway trains were a major canvas for graffiti artists in the 1970s and 1980s, making their work visible across the city and helping graffiti gain global attention.

Jan 23, 2019 · Almost overnight, the city had gone from very little graffiti to being covered in it. Subway cars went all over the five boroughs, so the tags roamed the city, and as more and more people became inspired to make their own marks, graffiti spread with …

Apr 8, 2019 · Some 765 subway cars and 443 trains were affected last year by “major graffiti hits” — most of which occur while trains are stored on tracks overnight or during snowstorms — MTA data provided to THE CITY shows.